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chris averitte New Member  Posts: 6 |
posted 08-25-2003 08:25 PM
 
Hello, I am a owner of 5 pits all full blooded and a lover of the breed(punish the deed not the breed). Anyway,When my 3yr old female went in heat and started letting my 1yr old male mount.He was getting stuck in her 3 times a week. She has been out of her heat for about 3wks. Before she went out of heat she let my sir mount one last time. I haven't breeded any of my dogs and keep my males in the house away from the females during the heat. Other than takin her to the vet(which I going to do)is there any other way to know that she might be preg.Her daily things haven't changed. I just wanna know if there is anything that i can possibly be looking for. Thank you IP: Logged |
Jas Moderator Posts: 536 |
posted 08-27-2003 11:10 PM
There is a good chance your female IS pregnant. Males do not have to be full grown to breed, although for health reasons they should be. Take your female to the vet, you will need to see that she gets proper prenatal care and proper nutrition during this time. Some dogs show signs of pregnancy - such as enlarged pink nipples, swollen vulva, morning sickness others will show minimal to no signs until about 2 weeks before due. You should research some information on breeding, health & genetics, conformation and pregnancy and birth. Many complications can happen and it is up to you to be fully aware and prepared for this. Begin with a site like this http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/breeding.html which takes you through everything from getting into breeding, the extremely important health testing for genetic diseases and conditions that dogs should be tested and certified clear of BEFORE being bred, as well as care of the pregnant female and puppies. there is another recent thread about a pregnant pit bull that contains some excellent educational infomation. If you keep your dogs and bitches apart during the heats how did your dogs manage to breed? Wouldn't it be easier to have them all spay & neutered??? Save going through breeding scares and the messy heats and the unnecessary stress! IP: Logged |
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the_maine_pitbull Member  Posts: 320 |
posted 09-04-2003 08:19 AM
I have to agree with Jas.. you are just adding more dogs of this "hated" breed to the situation. You need to know what you are getting into because at anytime there can be difficulties with this. Pups can get stuck in the birth canal, breech births, dead pups inside of her, prolapsed uterus, there are so many more things. The mother can have no interest, kill the puppies. There are so many things that can go wrong and obviously (no offense) but if you cannot tell if she is pregnant than you have no real experience with breeding. You need to do lots of research and read up ion this stuff before getting into it. Why would you want to breed. You say they are fullblood dogs, do they have papers? Without papers, they are considered mutts and you are considered a backyard breeder. Those dogs won't be worth anything as far as most people would be concerned, so you are just creating a preventable problem. Why not spay and neuter your dogs and be the responsible person? If you love the breed so much why not spay and neuter your dogs to help save some of these dogs. You are just contributing to societies problems by breeding. More negative media will happen, I just hope to God that you are screening homes well. I will send a list of things to go by to assure they are going to good homes. It is not too late to terminate this pregnancy and alter your dogs. I would.. but that is just a responsible owner/breed lovrs opinion. Take it how you wish.. IP: Logged |
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chris averitte New Member Posts: 6 |
posted 09-21-2003 07:46 PM
I have papers for all my dogs. I don't breed my pits, never thought about doing it. Thats why I got on here and asked.If I knew what was going on I wouldn't need to ask.None of my other pits like the one year old.The only one that played with him with out tryin to fight him was the 3yr old female. I would let her out when I was cuttin grass or doing yard work.They would run around and play.I never kept up with the heat cycle cause I knew they couldn't get out and nothing could get in. The last few times they played together they got stuck.That freaked me the hell out.I never have breeded my dogs. I have took them both to the vet and they are both ok and on the 20of sept she gave birth to 8 puppies.All my dogs will be spayed and neuterued from now on. IP: Logged |
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neek Member Posts: 291 |
posted 10-19-2003 06:33 PM
I don't recommend breeding pitbulls unless you have the experience. Two years ago I bred my 3 year old female pitbull by accident when I took her for a walk. I was under the impression from people that the best time to breed is when they bleed from the heat cycle. When she stopped bleeding I then thought it was safe to walk her. Anyway a boxer coss got to her and she had 11 pups exactly 8 weeks later. She killed 5 of them within the first two days and the rest had bite marks and scars from her. I had to raise the remaining 6 pups which cost me an absolute fortune but luckily I found good homes for them. But what I'm saying is nobody should breed dogs especially pitbulls unless the are licensed to do so and are prepared to raise pups if need be. My dog is now desexed and it was an experience that I never want to go through again. IP: Logged |
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